Over 40, Post RNY & Pregnant

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Have any of you ladies any experience with over 40, post surgery (20

months) and pregnant? Its the over 40 part and post RNY that

concerns me! I have missed one period, and took an EPT Saturday that

came out positive. YIKES! (By the way, I have a 19 year old and a

15 year old, boy are they in for a surprise!)

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I will be 42 September 12th and just gave birth to a perfect baby boy

weighing 8 # 7 1/2 ounces. I was 12 months postop when i got pregnant and I had

a

very smooth pregnancy and delivery. My doc gave me prenatal vitamins to take in

addition to my regular vitamins and things i was taking and I ate as well as I

could ( went to Mcs a few too many times, lol) but I ate pretty well. I

gained 50 pounds for my pregnancy and I have lost about 30 so far. MY appetite

went up while pregnant but is much calmer now. Little Man is 5 weeks today. I

never had any morning sickness with this baby or NO SWELLING of the face,

hands or feet. With my other kids I swelled up like a water balloon. My labor

was

fast, went into labor 4 hours after my due date and had him 3 hours after i

got to the hospital, I did not even have time to get an epidural. he is an

awesome baby. I did not do any of those tests for downs or birth defects since

they have so many false positives and I knew I would not abort anyway and did

not

want to be stressed if it came back positive. I did worry about it though

being I was 41 but he is perfect and I love him to pieces. I got my tubes tied

while there this time but actually wish I had yet one mroe before tying them. I

did not take the glucose test either for diabetes since it can and probabaly

will make you dump and feel like crap but you can ( as I did ) take a 2 hour

fasting test where you fast after midnight, go get blood drawn then go eat

breakfast and come back 2 hours after taking the last bite and get the blood

drawn

again. I had diabetes with my other pregnancies and NOT this time either. i

think you will be pleasantly surprised. You sure do ahve an age gap between kids

but this way you can concentrate on loving the baby up and not chasing other

little ones and your bigger kids can help alot That is awesome. Good Luck

and Congratulations on your pregnancy.

God Bless, Robin

Wife to Pup for 15 years

Mommy to-

and

(twin boys, 8 years) and

Daughter Madison- age 5 1/2

and new Mommy to-

Emerson Roger born

July 28, 2004 at 4:11 am

8lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2 inches long.

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Hi Ellen,

WELCOME!!!!!!! I am sooo excited you are here! We share alot in

common. I am actually turning 40 in November. I had my RNY in 2001,

so I will be 4 years post-op when I deliver. I will deliver in Feb.

with this baby. I am 14 weeks pregnant now. Due date is Mar 1 but

they will do a c-section on me. I have had a tummy tuck after my RNY.

My tummy tuck was in 2002. I have a son who turns 13 in December. Our

lives will drastically change too. We are use to having just the one

son.....and he will be a teenager and we will have a newborn! Who

woulda thought? Not us! But we are thrilled and feel very blessed!

Welcome! Glad to have you here! What state do you live in? We are in

Texas, near Austin!

Terri in Texas

> Have any of you ladies any experience with over 40, post surgery

(20

> months) and pregnant? Its the over 40 part and post RNY that

> concerns me! I have missed one period, and took an EPT Saturday

that

> came out positive. YIKES! (By the way, I have a 19 year old and a

> 15 year old, boy are they in for a surprise!)

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no experience to help you with (i'm 29), but jsut wanted to welcome, and

congratulations and good luck!

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Over 40, Post RNY & Pregnant

Have any of you ladies any experience with over 40, post surgery (20

months) and pregnant? Its the over 40 part and post RNY that

concerns me! I have missed one period, and took an EPT Saturday that

came out positive. YIKES! (By the way, I have a 19 year old and a

15 year old, boy are they in for a surprise!)

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3